Nov 2002 - The Swedish Club of Houston

THE SWEDISH CLUB NEWS
The Swedish Club of Houston
Preserving Swedish Heritage on the Texas Gulf Coast Since 1986
CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS and LUCIADAGEN
Join your friends for a lovely evening in a Houston version of Swedish Jul.
Share Swedish Christmas heritage with your Children, your Grands, and your friends.
Enjoy the Lucia Service in the Chapel, Swedish Music, and crowning of the new Lucia.
<see page 3 >
After Lucia Service, enjoy also the Fellowship, Refreshments,
Swedish Market and Bake Sale <See page 6 >.
Watch The Scandinavian Folkdancers Performance and Special Recognition for their
faithful service over many years. Even join them in a fun beginner learning session.
<See page 4 & 5>
It’s free even the parking.
No reservations are required except for children wanting to participate <see page 2>. Note
that some costumes are available.
Saturday, December 14th, 2002 -3:30 PM
Immanuel Lutheran Church
306 East 15th Street
Houston, TX 77008
The church is conveniently located in the Heights.
See the Swedish Club Website: www.swedishclub.org for map and directions.
COMING ON JANUARY 25th, 2003
SWEDISH CLUB OF HOUSTON ANNUAL MEETING
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
PEA SOUP AND PANCAKE SUPPER
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Christmas Traditions and Luciadagen – Dec 14th
Santa Lucia day and the procession and ceremony
accompanying it, have long been an important preChristmas tradition to Swedes around the world.
Here in Houston, the Swedish Club tries its’ best to
bring a little of that special day to the citizens of
our community. Every year we select a young lady
from our club membership to wear the Lucia crown
during our pageant and to represent the club at a
heritage festival in Barkeryd, Småland, Sweden in
August of the following summer. This year’s
Lucia is Cathy St. Clair, a senior at Texas A&M
University, majoring in Elementary Education.
She is the daughter of David and Margaret St.
Clair.
Our Christmas Traditions and Lucia procession is
scheduled for Saturday, December 14, 2002 from
3:30 PM to 6:00PM at Immanuel Lutheran
Church, 306 E. 15th St., Houston, TX, 77008.
Our event includes a short church service, during
which the Lucia leads her procession of female
attendants and star boys down the aisle to the
musical strains of “Santa Lucia, the Neapolitan
Boat Song”. The attendants and star boys will be
performing some traditional Swedish songs this
year, thanks to SC Board member, Marita Vilson,
who had agreed to teach the songs and rehearse
with the attendants.
After the service, we will gather in the fellowship
hall for some traditional Lucia day refreshments.
These will include, but are not limited to,
traditional Luciabullar (saffron flavored buns),
Pepparkakor (ginger cookies), Lingonsaft
(lingonberry flavored punch), and coffee. These
goodies are provided by Lynn Mauritzson, owner
of Cookie Boxes, Etc. and wife of club President
Leif Mauritzson.
During the reception the Gulf Coast Scandinavian
Dancers have graciously agreed to perform some
traditional Scandinavian folkdances. This year
marks the 30th Anniversary of the formation of the
dance group and we are marking this milestone
with some special acknowledgements and a
presentation of awards by Jan Dryselius, the
honorary Swedish Consul for Texas.
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Liz Cadwallader crowning Lucia 2001-Allana Clarke
Our annual Christmas bazaar will be open and
operating in the fellowship hall before, during and
after the ceremony. Scandinavian gift and folk
items will be available for purchase. What a
wonderful way to finish (or start!) your Christmas
shopping.
The club is looking for girls and boys to participate
as attendants and star boys. Female attendants
must be between the ages of 5 and 20 and star boys
must be between 5 and 15. Attendants wear all
white clothing with silver trim and accessories. The
club will provide the trim and accessories, and is
able to provide some articles of clothing, but
anyone having their own outfit is encouraged to
wear it. SC Board Member, Marita Vilson, will be
contacting all attendants and star boys to schedule
rehearsal dates and distribute musical material.
Please contact Ingrid Melrose at (281)579-8143 or
e-mail her at Glmelrose@aol.com if you would like
to participate.
COME ONE! COME ALL!
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN
TO THE PUBLIC!
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In Her Own Words – Lucia 2002: Cathy St. Clair
My appreciation and knowledge of my
Swedish heritage has evolved over time. It began
when I was a child with my mother serving pickled
herring and lingonberries at our Christmas dinners,
explaining that these were traditional holiday foods
that her Swedish grandparents had enjoyed.
Lucia 2002 Cathy St. Clair with Mom and Dad
My parents further reinforced the
importance of my Swedish forbears by showing me
my great grandparents’ home in Galva, Illinois and
by visiting the nearby Swedish colony of Bishop
Hill. I learned that my great grandfather, Gottfrid
Jacobsson, was born in the small village of
Orlunda, near Vadstena, and that he emigrated to
Galva (named after Gävle, Sweden) in 1911 when
he was 24 years old. His wife, my great
grandmother, was a first generation Swede whose
family came to Galva from the town of Kungsberg
in the 1860’s. Their only child is my grandma who,
over the years, lost all contact with any family who
remained in Sweden.
When I was 14, interest in my Swedish
ancestors suddenly became very personal. That is
when my grandma received a telephone call from
her nephew, Leif, in Sweden---whom she never
knew existed! That phone call was a life-changing
experience for our family. Leif put grandma in
touch with her newly found half-sister and the rest
was history! My grandparents and mother have
made two trips to Sweden and have returned to
share their experiences with me. Through their
stories, photographs and home movies, I have met
my new family half a world away! So my
introduction as a child to a few Swedish customs
and a little family history has now evolved into a
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greater understanding and appreciation of what it
was like for my great grandfather to grow up in
Sweden and come to the United States.
I am an honors student at Texas A&M
University majoring in elementary education. This
year I am doing my senior internship with a
kindergarten class in College Station. Next year,
after I graduate, I plan to teach kindergarten. I
enjoy working with children and feel that there is
nothing more rewarding than preparing them for
the future. I am involved with Child Evangelism
Fellowship, which is an organization that shares
the gospel with underprivileged children in
Byran/College Station. For the past three years I
have also been a Fish Camp counselor which is an
orientation camp for incoming freshman to Texas
A&M.
I would consider it a privilege to serve the
Swedish Club of Houston as the 2002 Lucia
representative to Barkeryd. Although my ancestors
did not emigrate from there, I feel that it would be
an excellent opportunity for me to see first-hand
the sacrifices and hardships that so many Swedes
endured before finding new life in America.
Cathy St. Clair
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The Scandinavian Folkdancers 30 years in Texas, 2002
by Ingalisa Calissendorf
How does a Folkdance group get started in
Texas – of all places ???? My husband and I came
to Texas from Sweden in the early 50 ´s, I asked
around and wondered, among all the Swedish
descendants in Austin, Texas -–the Swedish
descendants concentration point - - if we could not
find a Folkdance group there. We asked many
persons and at the end we had the privilege to meet
the very important and charming man, in the
Swedish Community , Mr. Carl T. Widén, a man
that had done wonderful things in Austin in
preserving Swedish History in the Capital City of
Texas. He answered my question: “The Swedes
that came where to pious, it was a sin to dance, and
by that, they lost a large piece of the cultural paj in
form of folkdance, folkmusic and folkdress.”
It was the key for us, or the starter gun that
went off, whatever you want to call it, for us to try
in our part of Texas, Galveston-Houston area, to
start a folkdancegroup, with a big thank-you to
Carl Widén that wished us good luck for the future
in preserving this important part of the culture.
We needed dance instructors, first we
turned to the International Folkdancers in Houston,
They gave us Coleen Moore and Monroe Rathkamp .
We tried some variations here and
there. But finally 1972 we set down and organized
a formal group our own Folkdancegroup,
“The Scandinavian Folkdancers” with purpose to
preserve, understand and appreciate our
Scandinavian heritage
We have secured dance instructors one time
from Norway and two times from Sweden during
the years. We have also learned much from our
trips to Sweden from the dancers there, 1981, 1986,
1992 and 1998, and also from dance groups that
has visited us in Texas.
We joined “Svenska Ungdomsringen” for
folkdancers in Sweden, and we also own them a
round of thanks for help during the years. We
support and our members of Scandinavian
organizations in local area.
Our Folkdance group has always had a
spectrum of Scandinavians and their descendants,
sometimes one group more than the other, it has
varied over
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the years. It is our strength, because we all are
minorities in Texas. It is very nice to dance dances
from the whole Scandinavia.
We have danced over large area of Texas,
Kansas, Colorado during the years. We have
friends not only in Scandinavia but also in large
areas of the U.S. We have had shows of
folkdresses with historical and cultural
background , not only in Texas but also in Kansas
and Dearborn, Michigan, and Oakland , Nebraska.
We continue to dance for Swedes, Norwegian and
Danes on their Festivals here and there. We dance
at the Folklife Festival in San Antonio every year,
and our well known moneymaking project for-music, notes and trips—and for the future, we
accomplish with participation at the Charles
Dickens Festival at the Strand in Galveston every
December. We sell our homemade Glögg, with big
success.
Without dance instructors we would not
have made the 30 years. We like to honor our
three instructors that have made it possible, for
without them the Folkdance group had not existed
today. Gwen Uzzell, Runa Joslyn and Howard
Phillips are the three. We feel much appreciation
and thankfulness for what they have done for us
during the years, and still have interest in us.
Today , Howard Phillips is the instructor and we
owe him our gratitude and thanks.
We have had a number of very capable and
accomplished leaders; after me Ingrid Llanos
and now Allan Abedor who will take the group
to new highs and a grand future.
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SCANDINAVIAN FOLKDANCERS UPDATE
The Dallas Norwegian Dancers hosted us and
invited us to their Fall shrimp boil on Saturday
night. They are so nice to us. They arranged for us
to have free lodging, free food, and arranged for us
to get invited to dance… what more can you ask?
by Jay Flusche
Normally, the beginning of Fall is a pretty slow
time for the folkdancers. We try to get back into
the routine of practicing and learning some new
dances to perform in the Spring. The Fall of 2002
has been atypical.
As soon as we got back together for our first
practice, we prepared for a performance September
29th at Grace Lutheran Church in Conroe. Grace is
putting together an Arts & Entertainment series for
2002-2003 that features a different entertainment
group each month. It can be dancing, drama,
performances, etc. We were the first group to
perform in the series, and we were quite well
received. The fellowship center was full. During
one of the breaks, Howard asked the attendees if
they were part Scandinavian. Over half of the
attendees did! The vast majority was Norwegian.
Who would have thought that Conroe would have
such a large Scandinavian presence?
On October 10th & 11th, we got to perform at the
State Fair of Texas. It was a lot of fun. We danced
twice on Saturday and twice on Sunday. It was the
same weekend as the UT vs. Oklahoma football
game, so needless to say, the atmosphere was
electric. We performed on the same days as the
Dixie Chicks, and the crowds that watched us were
much larger than the crowd that the Chicks drew.
Well, okay, maybe that is not completely true, but
we did have a lot of folks watch us dance.
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Our next performance is at the Norwegian
Seamen’s Church in Pasadena. The church has
their Christmas Bazaar on Saturday November
16th. We dance at 1:00 p.m.
I usually take that opportunity to buy some
traditional holiday food & Christmas gift items.
Speaking of traditional holiday food & gift items:
we will also be dancing at the Lucia program on
December 14th at Immanuel Lutheran Church.
Plan on attending. The Lucia/Christmas Traditions
program is a free event and it is a great way to get
into the Christmas spirit.
As always, if you see us around, please come up
and say hello. It is always good to see folks from
the Swedish Club.
As you can see, we keep busy with practices and
performances. It is a lot of fun, and it is a good
way to completely escape your normal life for a
couple of hours a week. If you have any questions
or are interested in seeing what Scandinavian
Folkdancing is all about, you can give me (Jay
Flusche) a call at 713.777.2824, or you can call our
director, Howard Phillips, at 713.661.5619.
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PRESIDENT’s CORNER
Lucia Fundraiser
Thank you to all of you that had the
opportunity to come to Inwood Forrest Country
Club, for our annual smörgåsbord.
The food was well prepared by the chef
under supervision of Gunhild Jansson. Her Jansons
Temptation was the best I have had in a very long
time. Gunhild was also responsible for the
beautiful flower arrangements on the tables.
Thanks for your generosity, Gunhild.
This year’s herring selection, cheeses, crisp bread
and the smoked salmon, was imported from
Sweden. Lars Westerberg was instrumental in
making this possible. Lars’ company Robin
Maritime Agencies, LLC helped sponsoring this
event. Lars also arranged for sponsorship from
T&T Offshore, Inc., Blumar Offshore and Shipping
Services and World Ship Supply (Texas), Inc.
Without these sponsors it would not be possible to
have the cheese, herring and salmon selections that
we had.
The highlight of the evening was without
any doubt Christer Fuglesang. Christer gave a very
interesting speech about his upcoming space flight.
Now we look forward to the next smörgåsbord and
hope that he will honor us with his presence and let
us know how his space flight was.
Our next event will be The Christmas
Tradition, Dec. 14. Here you will have the chance
to get a taste of Swedish Christmas. Do not miss
this event. This year Ingrid and Liz have by passed
me and given Lynn all the info. This year you are
just about guaranteed to have the Lucia buns,
pepparkakor and pepparkaks huset.
Now is also a good time to start thinking of
who you want to see serve on your board.
The election will come up in January. If you are
interested please let us know. Former board
members are welcome to serve again. Let’s keep
our club alive.
I hope you will have a wonderful holiday
season.
Må Gott!
Leif
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We are doing something a bit different this
year at the Lucia program. We will be having a
fundraiser, but it is a bit different from the typical
fund raising effort.
We are asking folks to bake & donate a
traditional Swedish holiday delicacy. The baked
item will be sold at the Lucia program. The
Swedish Club will keep the proceeds, and a person
coming to the Lucia program will have the chance
to come away with traditional baked goods.
Everyone is a winner! You get to show off
your baking skill; someone else gets to buy your
goodies; the club gets to help defray the cost of the
event.
So, please consider helping in this fund
raising idea. It will take a couple of hours of your
time, but it will be time well spent.
By Jay Flusche
2001 Swedish Market Table
and Rod Anderson Family
WANTED: YOUR recipes for the Swedish Club
Recipe Book. Mary Lynn Koenig is putting
together the book as a club fund raiser. English or
Svensk is OK. (Her husband, Pelle, will translate.)
Email to MaryLynnKoenig@bigfoot.com or
26951 Crown Haven Ct., Kingwood TX 77339.
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Texas Folklife Festival Needs a Swedish Entry
The Swedish straw ornament makers from
Round Rock will not be attending the 2003 Texas
Folklife Festival. The festival has contacted the
Swedish Club to see if we have anyone interested
in displaying/selling Swedish crafts.
The festival is held in San Antonio every
year. In 2003 the dates are June 5-8.
If you are interested, or if you would like
more information, please contact Jay Flusche at
713.777.2824 or at jay.flusche@puffer.com. Or,
you may leave your information on the Events Line
at 713.774.2739 and Jay will contact you.
by Jay Flusche
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MATHS OLOV WESTLUND,52, passed away Friday,
Oct 18, 2002. Mr.Westlund was born in Karlstad,
Sweden to Olov and Britta Westlund. He is survived by
his wife of 21 years, Lisa Anne Westlund; daughters
Amanda Westlund and Lauren Westlund, mother,
sisters, brother, relatives and friends. Maths came to the
states at age 16 as an exchange student, worked for 20
years with ABB Lummus Global as Senior Project
Controller. Owned a professional photography business
earlier and was an avid golfer. Memorial contributions
can be made to the American Heart Assn; the American
Lung Assn. or the Houston Hospice.
Now Maths has left our world for ever,
hopefully playing golf where he is. Willie has moved
back to Grebbestad, Sweden, we know he is playing,
Olle has moved with Sandvik to Florida, Peter has
moved to N.H. We miss them all.
May the family feel his love for them even now
and be at peace with his passing. Maths will be
remembered always.
Don and I, former Swedish Club Presidents, are
still here but was not capable of continuing the great
Golf Tournament without this kind of support. Is there
someone in our Club that is willing and able?
The next day, the family, and I as a member
of the “extended” family, joined the bridal couple
for a midday lunch of wonderful fish pies, salads,
strawberry tort, and wine and beer while we
watched the World Cup Final in the delightful
seaside cottage that the couple would call their
home for the first week of their marriage.
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Remembrance of Maths by Mona Raspler
MATHS WESTLUND was very active in the
Fundraising aspect, raising over $ 6000./year for several
years 1995- -1998 ,for the SWEDISH CLUB. He was
instrumental in organizing The Great Golf Tournaments
at Tour 18 Golf Club to benefit our dream of a
SWEDEN HOUSE.
Together with Willie Barnevik, Peter
Widmark, Olle Lundblad and myself and others
volunteering their help including many corporate
sponsors who paid the fees, bought mulligans and
donated prizes. It always ended in suspense as the big
billboard came up with the names of the winning teams
of the FOUR PERSON SCRAMBLE. At the outdoor
Barbeque dinner, Don Turbyfill and I , distributed the
different donated prizes to the happy but tired winning
groups. A long but fun day. This event could never had
happened as such a successful fundraiser without our
two members Maths Westlund and Willie Barnevik,
who worked on organizing it all year long.
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The Österlen area, as this part of Skåne is
known, has much to offer in the way of art, castles
and culture. The rolling hills are beautiful and full
of surprising finds for people like me. For
example, on the morning of the wedding, I decided
to explore the country lanes near Kivik. Just by
chance I ended up near the sea at an area
containing Havängsdösen, a stone-marked grave
which is about 5,000 years old. It was uncovered
as a result of a strong storm in the early 1800’s.
No one was there, and I felt I was the first to find
it. Silly me!
by Gordon Bayless
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SWEDES IN THE SOUTHWEST
THE JACOBSON HOUSE
collection in the Fred Jones, Jr. Museum of Art.
Jacobson was head of the Museum until1952.
Located on the northwest corner of the campus of the
University of Oklahoma in Norman is the Oscar
Jacobson House. Built in 1916-1917 the house has
several characteristically Swedish motifs (scrollwork,
stucco, classical columns). It was placed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1986. The house
now serves as a museum and art center.
Oscar Brousse Jacobson was born in 1882 in Westervik,
Sweden. During childhood, he immigrated to the
United States with his family and lived on a farm in the
Swedish community of Lindsborg, Kansas.
He fell in love with the American West, traveled
extensively and even became a cowboy. After receiving
degrees from Bethany College in Kansas and Yale
University, he established a national reputation as a
landscape artist. He also fell in love with a French
woman named Jeanne d'Ucel; they were married and
began a lifelong adventure which lead them to Norman,
Oklahoma.
When Oscar Jacobson arrived at The University of
Oklahoma in 1915 to direct the Art Department, his
artistic career was established and his mission was to
give the school a national reputation in the arts.
He revolutionized the teaching of art by abandoning the
academic style and introducing the "modern" approach
of the French painters. He also recognized the
utilitarian aspect of art and brought woodcrafters and
potters into the Art Department. One of these, John
Frank, was recruited from the Art Institute of Chicago;
he went on to found a successful ceramics company,
Frankoma Pottery.
An outgrowth of Jacobson's work establishing the
School of Art was founding the Museum of Art in 1936.
His ability and ingenuity resulted in a remarkable
collection of Native American, oriental and
contemporary art that forms the basis of today's
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Jacobson was the first art authority to recognize Native
American art as fine art. He encouraged Native
American artists to come to The University of
Oklahoma and study formally. Providing stipends for
their support and markets for their work, Jacobson
nurtured the talent of
many Indians and was rewarded by seeing a group
known as the "Kiowa Five" become internationally
famous. This fame was a direct result of his arranging
for Native American artists to be exhibited in Prague,
Czechoslovakia in 1928. In 1929, a portfolio of the
exhibition paintings entitled "Kiowa Art" was published
in France.
The Native American artists who became known as the
"Kiowa Five" were James Auchiah (1906-1974),
Spencer Asah (1905/1910-1954), Jack Hokeah (19021969), Stephen Mopope (1898-1974), and Monroe
Tsatoke (1904- 1937). Lois (Bougetah) Smoky (19071981) was also in the group. They were young and they
were Kiowa Indians from the Anadarko area of
Oklahoma. Because of their talent and the opportunities
afforded them at The Uni- versity of Oklahoma, they
became international celebrities. It is well- remembered
that these young men were occasionally homesick for
Anadarko and the Indian community and that during
those times they would gather at the Jacobson House to
sing their Native songs and beat their drums.
Oscar Brousse Jacobson was cosmopolitan; the Kiowa
Five were not.
These events were taking place in the 1920's when
travel anywhere was not common and international
travel was reserved for the few. One can only imagine
the awe that these Native Americans felt and inspired as
they entered the international art world. Their spirit and
courage are to be admired as they followed an age-old
Kiowa tradition of journeying to the four corners of the
Earth.
The Jacobson House hosts many shows, celebrations
and markets during the year. It is well worth the drive
(or detour, if on the way to Lindsborg). More
information can be obtained by speaking with the
Executive Director, John Parrish at 405-366-1667 or
visiting the website www.jacobsonhouse.com.
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Member’s Trip to Sweden
DOUBLE TREAT: A SWEDISH WEDDING AND ÖSTERLEN EXPLORATION
The long summer day on the Saturday following
midsommar was typical for the southeastern coast of
Sweden’s Skåne. Billowing clouds and intermittent showers
threatened to spoil a day I had been looking forward to for
over a year. But as I arrived for the 4 o’clock wedding of
Lena and Tobbe Arenbo (Lena is the daughter of my Swedish
“brother” Christer), the skies cleared and the sun shinned on
the beautiful country church in the village of Vitaby.
Doftar Karlek. The recessional was August Soederman’s
Broellopsmarsch ur Ett Bondbroellop.
Lena and Tobbe awaited us in the church garden as
we exited, and after congratulating them, we drove a short
distance to a lovely old country estate, Kiviks Esperöd, which
was the site of the wedding dinner and dance. In the estate’s
central courtyard, a young man played a large African drum
while we sipped champagne and munched freshly picked
strawberries until the bridal couple arrived.
I had never attended a wedding in Sweden. .The
families greeted us in the vestibule upon arrival at the church,
and after we and they were seated, the watchman rang the
church bell to signal the start of a beautiful service.
Jeremyah Clarke’s A Trumpet Voluntary set the
musical stage for the bride and groom to enter, followed by
the reading of Psalm 199:1-2, opening remarks by the lady
priest, and a reading from the Bible. Vocal music was
provided by a popular singer, Eva-Lotta Ekelund, who first
sang Evert Taube’s Så Skimrande Var Aldrig Havet before
the lighting of the wedding candle, and then sang Carol
King’s You’ve Got a Friend. The priest said the first prayers
followed by the congregation’s Lord’s Prayer. Following the
betrothal, Psalm 200:1-4 was read, after which the priest gave
her talk before the soloist sang Marie Fredriksson’s Annu
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The dinner was spectacular and was prepared by one
of Skåne’s upcoming chef’s, Eva Thuresson, who wowed us
with her innovative dishes to accent the wonderful beers,
snaps and wines selected personally by the bride and groom.
At each guest’s place was a booklet containing songs to be
sung between courses and a few remarks written by the bridal
couple about each person in attendance. Since my
description advised all that I was a “Texasmåklare som håller
svenskan flytande sedan utbytesåret pa Gossis I Helsingborg
1963-64,” I felt obligated to give my wedding speech and
toast in Swedish. It seemed to surprise everyone, but I was
more surprised that everyone understood me (or at least
politely said they did)!
A couple of interesting traditions: a bench was
placed in front of the bridal couple’s place at the head table,
so that during the course of the evening we guests could sit
and speak with the couple; and when the groom finally had to
surrender to nature’s call, all the men quickly lined up and
quickly kissed the bride before the groom’s return.
After the plates and tables were cleared, we danced
the night away under the midnight sun while enjoying drinks
and latter a wedding “breakfast” in the anteroom with its
huge open fireplace. By the time I went home, I was not sure
whether it was the morning or the night sun!
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THE SWEDISH CLUB NEWS
The Swedish Club of Houston
Preserving Swedish Heritage on the Texas Gulf Coast Since 1986
SWEDISH CLUB NEWS
The Swedish Club News is published 6 times a
year by the Swedish Club of Houston. Articles,
photos, etc. are welcome. We would especially
like personal news of our members, explanation
of family traditions and Swedish culture, news of
Swedes and of Sweden that is not in the general
news, and your favorite Swedish shops, products,
or resources.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
2002 Officers
President - Leif Mauritzson
Vice-President - Ingrid Melrose
Secretary - Jay Flusche
Treasurer -Rod Anderson
2002 Directors
Julie Bonomo
Pelle Fisk
Donald Jansen
Tracey Mingle
Marita Vilson
Erich Wolz
Please send the news by email to
arvid@johanson.net or
when necessary by post to
Arvid Johanson,
2010 Dowling Drive,
Richmond TX 77469-5114.
Advisors to the Board
Jan Dryselius, Finance
Don Turbyfill, Legal
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